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Meanings of lee enfield in English

Russian
ли-энфилд 1904
Portuguese
lee-enfield
Spanish
lee-enfield
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lee-enfield
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Bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle.

        ли-энфилд 1904
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        Two of the boat's crew stood beside the Lee-Enfields on the skylight.
        Jerry of the Islands
        2
        The Lee-Enfield rifle, caliber .303, is the arm of the infantry and cavalry.
        Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
        3
        The penetration of the Martini-Henry and the Lee-Metford or Lee-Enfield rifle with Mark II.
        Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 / Being Mainly a...
        4
        The bullet was fired from a Lee-Enfield beyond doubt.
        Bat Wing
        5
        Tambi, who chanced to be near the skylight, saw, and, seeing, reached for a Lee-Enfield.
        Jerry of the Islands
        Usage of lee enfield in English
        1
        The Patrol has Lee Enfield rifles, too, but bullets are in short supply these days.
        The Fearless
        2
        A group of hardcore student protestors carried Lee Enfield rifles and a few pistols on the lawns fronting the embassy's redbrick facade.
        Ghost wars
        3
        Hirsute tribesmen with finely curled moustaches patrol the streets; some armed with Lee Enfield rifles first issued before the first World War.
        The Irish Times
        4
        His rifle was the "Short Lee Enfield, Mark IV," his bayonet, the long single-edged blade in general use throughout the British Army.
        Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army
        5
        From hundreds of thousands of Lee Enfield .303s they branched out to Chinese-made AK-47s, despite Hart's reservations about the rifle.
        Ghost wars
        6
        I took down my long magazine Lee Enfield and my cartridge (I am not a Volunteer for nothing) and crept to the Patriot Pig H.Q.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919
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